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A Heady Option to Tackle Brain Damage after Stroke

...rchers therefore contend that drinking a couple of glasses of wine every day might actually help in providing protection from brain damage associated with stroke. This might give wine lovers a valid reason to grab another goblet of red wine all in the name of good health!...

Drinking Red Wine Cuts Risk of Colorectal Cancer

The consumption of more than three glasses of red wine a week reduced the risk for significant colorectal neoplasia (SCRN), or colon cancer, according to research presented at// the 71st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology in Las Vegas. Based on the results o...

3-D monitor vision test Developed for Children

...monitor stereotest does not require disassociating glasses that children often find cumbersome. The random do... of stereovision under natural conditions since no glasses are necessary to see the stimuli. The new test may be useful for the objective measurement of the se...

Whet your appetite with “Mindless Eating”: A gourmet's deligh!

... His adventures with Buffalo wings, popcorn, M&Ms, glasses full of Scotch or a good Bordeaux and big burgers are accompanied by a side dish (the appendix) which compares popular diets. It offers sage advice on how to time our eating, resist culinary lures and Madison Avenue, and still enjoy food without fear...

AAD Warns Against Indoor Tanning for the Holiday Season

...s to get vitamin D each day – drinking a couple of glasses of vitamin D-fortified milk or orange juice, eating salmon or mackerel and other foods rich in vitamin D, or taking a supplement – that do not pose a health risk like tanning does.” To help people, particularly teen girls, understand the risks of i...

Drugs Delivery Revolutionized by Extremely Stable Glass

... contrast, the molecules that make up conventional glasses are dispersed more widely and become "frozen" on higher-energy bluffs and mesas. Conventional glasses are less stable thermodynamically, because the molecules gradually abandon the higher-energy elevati...

Celebrating Christmas With Wine – The Elixir of the God

...this finding, and recommended intake of one to two glasses of red wine a day, which assist in reducing choles...ed by Dr. Serge Renaud concluded that two to three glasses of wine a day had tremendous benefit on the heart and also prevented cancers. It helped the communit...

Researchers Discover How We Differentiate Smells

... a cabernet sauvignon. Just pour yourself a couple glasses and sniff. Your brain will quickly help you become a modest oenophile. It’s up to you if you want to drink the lesson plan. A new study by Northwestern University researchers shows that the brain learns to differentiate between similar smells simply...

Alcohol in Moderation Could Increase the Life Span

...t drinking in moderation (a couple of wine or beer glasses a day) has beneficial effects on health. But that ...mortality up to 18%. But after a certain number of glasses things radically change: who drinks too much not only looses this advantage, but increases his own r...

Bionic Eye may Restore Sight to the Blind

...ing images from a tiny camera mounted on a pair of glasses into a grid of 16 electrical signals that transmit... nerve endings in the retina. The camera in the glasses sends a wireless signal to a pea-sized pocket device, which processes the images in real time into a...

Weather Forecasts Spring Pollen Allergy Severity

...ng windows closed and air conditioning on; wearing glasses or sunglasses when outdoors; washing hands and rinsing eyes after coming indoors to remove clinging pollen; and washing hair before bedtime after a prolonged outdoor exposure. ? Medication and Eye Drops – taking non-sedating antihistamines, oral de...

Programs to Prevent Falls Among Elders Not Doing Their Work

...ore than 600 people aged over 70, who received new glasses or underwent corrective surgery. They found tha...participants needing a long time to adjust to new glasses . Writes Cumming in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society : 'New glasses were the most c...

AAO Urges Athletes to Wear Protective Eyewear

...es offer no protection,” he said, “and street wear glasses are inadequate to protect against any type of eye injury.” Most sporting leagues don’t require children to wear eye protection, so parents must insist that their children wear eye protection when they play. “When they do, the occurrence of eye i...

Emboldened Warriors-Cancer Fighting Foods

...earchers in Germany say that drinking two to three glasses of cloudy apple juice (unfiltered) per day may help keep colon cancer at bay. In a ten-week study using a mouse model for colon cancer, animals that were fed either cloudy apple juice or a potent extract of the juice showed a 38 percent and 40 percen...

'Smart' Sunglasses With Chameleon Powers

...esented today in Chicago.// This single pair of glasses with lenses can be transparent or dark, and in sha...uction workers and anyone with sensitive eyes. The glasses are made possible by a new material uniquely suited to the task: a low-cost sheet that changes color...

Software System to Improve the Function of Retinal Implants

...ic nerve. The camera may be attached to a frame of glasses and transmits its signals in a wireless fashion to the implant. Currently, the results do not meet the high expectations. "The camera generates electrical signals, which are almost useless for the brain," comments Rolf Eckmiller, a professor at the...

Indian Doctor in Britain Made Record Eye Check-ups in a Day

...ountries. 'The best moment was when I prescribed glasses for an old lady who was virtually blind. She was overwhelmed. The whole trip was very rewarding,' the 32-year-old optician said. During his two-week stay in the Indian city, Patel carried out more than 3,600 tests, according to the online edition o...

Cure for Reading Glasses?

...ould suggest another: the need for wearing reading glasses after forty, a condition doctors call Presbyopia....are at least 100 million Americans wearing reading glasses who may be willing to have the procedure as long as it is both safe and effective. This could be an ...

Red Wine Lessens the Risk of Prostate Cancer

...und that men who drink an average of four to seven glasses of red wine per week are only 52% as likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer as those who do not drink red wine, reports the June 2007 issue of Harvard Mens Health Watch. In addition, red wine appears particularly protective against advanced or ...

Many Hours on Computer may Harm Eyes

...problem or a refractive error where simply wearing glasses while using the computer will take away those symptoms," he said. You should also take frequent short breaks, every half hour or so, Beebe and Weaver said. During those breaks, which can last just a minute or two, you should fix your eyes on a dist...

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